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G.I. Jane (1997)
Soooooo Loooooong. . . .
G. I. Jane was a solid military movie, with a women's-rights message that only came across a little heavy once or twice ("She's not the problem. . . we are!").
I was afraid that there would be a forced love-story, but that too is kept to a bare minimum and doesn't feel forced at all. It makes sense within the movie, establishes her sexuality that she strives to ignore, and it's not a big time commitment for the viewer.
That lack of a love story lead to my only problem with this movie: the length. The movie seems long enough to have included several more subplots, but instead many scenes just go on and on interminably, and the movie would benefit from being a good 30 minutes shorter.
It's predictable, and toward the end I was waiting for Lou Gossett, Jr., but in a good way. It's worth a watch if you like Top Gun but you don't like volleyball.
Ronin (1998)
Pay attention.
A great movie that you can't just watch with one eye. It starts slow, laying a strong foundation, and if it's on TV, it's easy to get lost by not paying attention at the beginning. However, it's an outstanding film, exploring the characters with a huge action movie in the background.
It's visually interesting and doesn't ever let you know the things you think you need to know, but by the end you've forgotten that you wanted to know them in the first place. Robert DeNiro gives a strong performance and doesn't get lost in some of the showiness he can deliver when he's making up for a weaker story, and the supporting cast is full of familiar faces, many of which blend so well into the characters they play that, again, you can become lost in the story (although this time, it a good way).